English Premier League club Liverpool have agreed a $ 36 million deal with Ajax for Uruguay striker Luis Suarez .

Liverpool have been haggling with the Dutch outfit over the fee for several days but both announced on their websites that negotiations had proven successful on Friday .

The Reds have now been given permission to discuss personal terms with Suarez and will aim to complete the transfer before the European transfer window closes on January 31 .

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A statement on the official Ajax website read : `` Ajax and Liverpool have reached an agreement over the transfer of Luis Suarez .

`` He will make the move to the English club immediately . The deal is worth up to a total of $ 26.5 million -LRB- $ 36 million -RRB- . ''

Suarez has n't played a league game for Ajax since November last year after he was banned for seven matches for biting an opponent .

The 24-year-old was infamously sent off during the World Cup quarterfinal against Ghana in July after saving a goal-bound attempt with his hands .

His switch would mark the first signing Kenny Dalglish has made since he returned to Liverpool as manager . The Scot previously won eight league titles as a Reds player and manager .

Liverpool posted a statement on their website that read : `` Liverpool Football Club announced this afternoon that they had agreed a fee of up to $ 26.5 million -LRB- $ 36 million -RRB- with Ajax for the transfer of Luis Suarez , subject to the completion of a medical .

`` The club have now been given permission by Ajax to discuss personal terms with the player and his representatives . ''

The deal comes on the same day Liverpool revealed they had turned down a multi-million dollar offer from Chelsea for Spain striker Fernando Torres .

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English Premier League club Liverpool agree a deal with Ajax to sign Luis Suarez

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Fee for the 24-year-old Uruguay striker is $ 36 million

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Suarez will now discuss personal terms with Liverpool